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First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: there are not enough stars to rate this book
Review: First they killed my father is about Loung, the author, who experienced genocide in Cambodia. In Cambodia the Khmer Rouge took over the Cambodian government and decided to create their own society. To create this society they killed, hurt, and corrupted many children, Ung describes these experiences and struggles.The word that Loung choice was really powerful.

The book is very overwhelming because of the events that occur thoughout the book. One of the events that captured me was when her sister, Keav was sent to the infirmary because she got really sick. When Ma, her mother went to visit her and saw that " They just let her lie there in her sickness and dirty sheets" (97) to die, it was really hard for Ma and the whole Ung family because they knew she wasn't going survive and there is nothing they can do.

I really enjoy reading this book and I would recommend it, even if it was hard to read sometimes because of the cruelty of the Khmer Rouge solider. This book wasn't only educational, but it is written in words created by genuine inner emotions, which is why it so powerful story because in a way it forces you to live and feel her experience. Therefore, I would love to recommend this book to my peers, adults, and other schools.

While reading this book 3 things to keep in mind are that she was really young while the Khmer Rouge were in power, she is really vulnerable because she is young, and in the camps there is no positive atmosphere. These 3 things affect her feelings of the way she sees the world and her self.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Book
Review: This is a very good book. It touched the hearts of many of my classmates. If you ever get a chance to read it. I beg you to take the chance and get lost in it's wonders.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: SAD NEWS
Review: THIS BOOK WAS VERY GOOD. IT IS WORTH THE MONEY YOU WILL BE SO MOVED BY WHAT HAPPENS.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent
Review: First They Killed My Father was an excellent piece of literature. Loung Ung vivdly described each and every event that occured with the genocide of the Khmer Rouge. I felt like I was actually feeling all her pain and suffering when she was hungry or mourning over her father's death. She makes you feel like you too were part of this tragedy. I highly recommend this book to each and every person in this world. This is truly a magnificent book. You should read it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Summary of First They Killed My Father
Review: This book is about how a little girl named Loung went through the horrors of being in the Pol Pot movement. Throughout teh movement she faces difficult obstacles in order to keep herself and family out of danger. However one day in the book Loung's family dies of slowly and painfully. Loung later moves and grow to live in America. Fisrt The Killed My Father takes place in Cambdoia during the 1900's. The book is also a further look into the Khmer Rouge develoment.

Important scene:
The scene that meant the most to me was when Loung's dress was burning in the fire. This symbolized the fire wall o fteh Pol Pot movement.

Recommendations;
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Cambodia and teh Po Pot Movement

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another Review By Mr.Balla
Review: This book is about Lounge Ung and her family as they struggle through the war in Cambodian war. Loung loses some of her family member to the Khmer Rouge. She survives the war but some of her siblings don't.

An important scene would be when Loung was on her own. Loung had to leave or was asked to leave by her mom. She said that if everyone stays together they would all die together. This shows how responsible she was and how she took care of herself. It was noted in the story "Now go she turns me around by my shoulder and bends down to give me a swat on her butt, pushing me away." Although she is young and doesn't want to leave her mom she must do so. This helps her to gain resonsibilitie

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Go and get this !!
Review: A Cambodian girl who lived a wealthy life never thought that she would ever live the way she had to after the Khmer Rouge took over. When Pol Pot and his army took over the government people thought that it was all over. Loung, one of seven children, learned how to be independent. She was trained at different camps. She was separated form her family for the best. After so many years the Vietnamese took over Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. That was when Loung went to the United States to get and education. Then after years of being in the United States Loung was glad she went to Cambodia to visit her family.

An important scene one of the chapters was "the last gathering". I think this because it was the time that the family was together without Pa or Keav. They would never know when they would meet again.

"Walking away, I break my farewell rule and look back to see Ma, Chou, and Geak crying and standing in the doorway. It was a mistake to turn around; my body aches to run back to them, to hold on to them. Expanding my lungs with air, I straighten my shoulders and march away firmly, wondering when I'll see them again."(Page 157)

I like the book because it taught me things that I did not know.

To my peers- yes, I would recommend this book to then because they will learn a lot about Cambodia and what happen

To adults- yes, I would recommend this book to then because it was interesting and exciting

To other schools- yes, I would recommend this book to then because they can learn about Cambodia and Loung's experience

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You never want to stop reading
Review: When They First Killed My Father is a dramatic story written by Loung's experience when she was young. In the beginning, everything was good enough for her life living in Phnom Penh. One day, Loung and her family went on a hardship journey to survive. Loung have to learn to survive on her own because one by one each of her family members died. This is a journey to survive from the war to escape from all these tragedy of deaths and temptations.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read!
Review: First They Killed My Father, written by Loung Ung is an autobiography. It's about a young Khmer girl, Loung who survived through the genocide that happened in Cambodia. She writes about everything that happened to her from the beginning when she was a small girl in Cambodia to an adult living in the U.S. Loung also describes the things she saw happening to her people as they were tortured and executed for just being and intellectual and just disliking the Angkar.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Review
Review: This is a novel that will open your eyes and have you think about the things you take advantage of and the people you "love". In this novel, Loung uses metaphors that have you think and puts you in situations like you're actually there. Never would i think a novel could do this. The Khmer Rouge is a major factor in this novel. The Khmer Rouge have changed Lounge's life


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